Shennare Williams shines with sensational performances at Sports Champs 2010

Shennare Williams shines with sensational performances at Sports Champs 2010


Kingston, Jamaica, August 4, 2010

Shennare Williams of Vere Technical High School shined brilliantly with sensational performances at the Word Time Ministries of Jamaica’s 10th Annual Sports Championships.

Shennare played a major role in Faith’s triumphant march of the Grace Tropical Rhythms Trophy. Shennare was simply sensational. Shennare clocked a record breaking 5:62 seconds in the girls Class 3 50m to win her first gold medal. Williams defeated Chantena Downer (Love) 5:82 seconds of Windward Road and bronze medalist Peta-gaye Dixon (Hope) 5:88 seconds of Vere Technical High School.

Shennare also captured two sliver medals. It was a spectacle performance in the Class 3 100m. The dynamic athlete burned the tracks in the Class 2 200m missed gold with a time of 15:04 seconds. She powered away from the start up to the last 90m but was put outpaced by a last surge by gold medalist Sashel Smallwood (Hope) of Central branch clocking 14:93, while Chantena Downer (Love) was left in the field with 17:59 seconds. Then Shennare came back in the Class 2 200m, clocking 30:13 to win silver. Lasann Lucas (Hope) of Central Branch won gold in 29:55 and Salalee Roberts (Faith) of Central Branch took bronze in 31:03 seconds.

Shennare tried for another win in the Class 2 400m. Unfortunately she pulled-up on the home stretch. However, Shennare was determined and anchored her team to victory in the Class 3 4x100m relays winning gold in 56:66. Shennare and teammates Keelia Parkinson, Saralee Roberts and Chevel Walker was celebrating this win with loud cheers and applauses from the Faith camp. This was a big upset as the eagle defeated Team Hope who was expected to retain the event. Hope won silver clocking 57:64 seconds. Team Love failed to complete the race.

Team Faith rewrote the history of sports champs. The top five athletes all came from Team Faith. Team Faith became the first team in a decade to produce the champion boy, runner-up champion boy, and champion girl and runner-up champion at the same meet. Rohan Walker (Faith) retained the title of Champion Boy with 460 points, Cannigga Williams (Faith) second with 430 points and Akeno Bailey (Hope) third with 250 points.

In the girl section Shennare Williams (Faith) of Vere Technical High with 270 points of was the Champion girl and adjudged the Most Outstanding Performance - Female, Saralee Roberts (Faith) of Central Branch second with 260 points and Keelia Parkinson (Faith) of Central Branch third place. Team Faith just failed to sweep the relays as Team Love came back with a ninth hour gust of wind and stormed to victory in the 4x100 meters Under 12 Boys and Girls relays.

For those who believed, Sports Champs 2010 belong to Team Faith.